{"id":9471,"date":"2025-02-17T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9471"},"modified":"2025-02-16T13:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T18:56:30","slug":"focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9471","title":{"rendered":"Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220119_094729-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220119_094729-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9397\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220119_094729-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220119_094729-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220119_094729-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220119_094729-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220119_094729-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Bon Voyage!  I am ready to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Have a great time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from A testament of Devotion by Thomas Kelly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outer distractions of our interests reflects an inner lack of integration in our own selves.  We are trying to be several selves at once without all ourselves being organized by a single, mastering Life within us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. Proverb12:8 (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.theprodiglapig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: Bon Voyage! I am ready to leave. 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